SEVENTH MEETING OF THE IHO INTER-REGIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE

SEVENTH MEETING OF THE IHO INTER-REGIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE (IRCC 7) WEND WG REPORT

WEND Terms of Reference To advice IRCC and to assist in facilitating a worldwide consistent level of high quality, updated official ENCs through integrated services that support chart carriage requirements of SOLAS Chapter V and the requirements of the IMO Performance Standards for ECDIS

5 th WENDWG meeting Singapore March 2015 § Review decisionsd/outcomes/actions of IRCC 6, EIHC 5 & HSCC 6 affecting WEND § Overlay Services § Update report on Overlapping ENCs study § Review WEND Principles & Goverenance § ENC Coverage Status Review

5 th WENDWG meeting Singapore March 2015 (cont’d) § ENC Gaps, Overlaps & QA § ENC Distribution & RENC reports § IHO ENC Catalogue Development § S 101 in relation to WEND § Work Programme

WENDWG 5 Report to IRCC § Detail at IRCC 7 -08 D

Key Aspects Overlay Services § § § RHCs encourage to monitor such services UK provide AIO safety of navigation issues to ENC producers & seek consent. RHCs & ENC producers to solve AIO matters bilaterally & report to WENDWG § UK provide AIO risk/benefits assessment § Final report to HSSC 7 & IRCC 8

Key Aspects Overlapping ENCs § § Singapore leading the study. Working with OEMs to test ECDIS test cases in Malacca & Singapore Straits ICENC running ECDIS overlapping ENC scenarios. USCHC trans-Boundary Project lessons published on IHO Website (IRCC 7 -09 C)

Key Aspects WEND Principles & Governance § See IRCC 7 -09 A § Guidelines to remain unchanged § ENC Production Guidance S 65 to align with current version of WEND Principles/Guidelines (HSSC action)

Key Aspects WEND Principles & Governance (cont’d) § § PRO-7/EIHC Decision 12 (Full Implementation of WEND Principles) considered by break-out group chaired by FR rep Work plan methodology included in work Programme

Key Aspects WEND Principles & Governance (cont’d) § Identify articles not fully implemented § Identify barriers preventing implementation § Propose corrective actions § Define long term consequences where no corrective action exists § Interim Report at WENDWG 6 § Final Report at IRCC 8

Key Aspects ENC Coverage Status Review § 2014 figures reflect • • Medium Scale – 90% • § Small Scale – 100% Large Scale – 97% Note cruise lines planning to use over 1000 ports in “new & exotic” locations

Key Aspects Gaps, Overlaps & QA § § Analysis of gaps/overlaps permanent RHC function. RHCs should update ports/anchorages list Consider adopting Risk Assessment Methodology AIS data use may be valuable

Key Aspects ENC Distribution § § Good work by both RENCs Disestablish RHSG absorb as business-as -usual bilateral activity by RENCs to take forward harmonisation and WENC concept WENDWG to monitor

Key Aspects IHO ENC Catalogue § § § See IRCC 7 -09 B Progress incremental development within IHO GIS environment Accept ENCs offer on coverage/overlap checker tool being made available for RHCs/ICCWG coordinators

Key Aspects S 101 § Consider impact of S 101 implementation • • § ENC updates ENC scheming WEND to monitor

Key Aspects Performance Indicators § § Considered by break-out group chaired by IHB Satisfactory & no further changes proposed.

Key Aspects Progress on IRCC Items § § Status reported to IRCC secretary Included in the 2015/16 WEND Programme of Work

Action Required of IRCC & 2015/6 WENDWG Programme of Work § Refer to IRCC 7 -08 D Para 20 & Annex A